Chris Goldbach

My name is Chris Goldbach. I received my first set of drums in 1981. Later that year, I purchased my first guitar, a beat-up Fender Musicmaster. In the mid-’80s, I realized that I could use my father’s old cassette deck to record my drums with a set of headphones plugged into the microphone jack and then play back my guitar with the recording. I got into the underground music scene in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale area in the mid-’80s, frequenting all the ’80s punk shows such as Black Flag, Bad Brains, Gang Green, etc. I started recording my band and friends’ bands throughout the late ’80s with a 4-track recorder. Then I stepped up to a TASCAM 388, ADATs, Otari MX5050, and MCI JH-110 and JH-24 tape machines. I got my first Pro Tools setup in 2000 by selling an old Honda motorcycle.

I have been in a zillion bands around South FL, such as Against All Authority, RadioBaghdad, Irish Car Bomb, and the Shakers. I also spent most of the 1990s and early 2000s touring the US, Europe, and Canada. I was in a band called Collapsing Lungs in the early ’90s that was signed to Atlantic Records, so I got a chance to see the major-label side of the business as well as the indie DIY side with my other bands. I was fortunate to land a career with Sweetwater this year and am more than happy to be here. I currently play guitar and sing in Spicoli Culkin, Play drums for Tijuana Tsunamis and still do fly dates for Against All Authority.